The EPPO investigates €5.4 billion worth of loss to the EU budget in its first 7 months of activity

In its first annual report, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) gives an account of the first 7 months of its operational activity.  For the first time, statistics on EPPO operations per participating Member State, crime, seizures, number of indictments… Read moreThe EPPO investigates €5.4 billion worth of loss to the EU budget in its first 7 months of activity

Customs duties and VAT evasion on importation of non-compliant surgical masks: €350.000 seized in Italy

Last week (23 February 2022), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome led an operation where the Customs Office of Rome (Agenzia delle Accise, Dogane e Monopoli, ADM) seized almost €350.000 in cash from an Italian company that imported… Read moreCustoms duties and VAT evasion on importation of non-compliant surgical masks: €350.000 seized in Italy

Strike against international criminal groups in Germany and Estonia: 26 searches, 12 luxury cars seized and 2 arrests

Since the beginning of 2021, several international criminal groups in Germany and Estonia have been under investigation by the Hanover Customs Investigation Office, instructed by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (Hamburg office). More than 130 individual imports of luxury cars… Read moreStrike against international criminal groups in Germany and Estonia: 26 searches, 12 luxury cars seized and 2 arrests

Seizures and searches in Italy in case of anti-dumping and import VAT evasion of €13 million

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Naples office led an operation in Naples (Italy) against four companies and two individuals. The suspects imported e-bikes and spare parts from China and Turkey, and allegedly evaded custom anti-dumping and import VAT… Read moreSeizures and searches in Italy in case of anti-dumping and import VAT evasion of €13 million